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Originally Posted by MarkRS
Another quote from the site:
"The beautifully rounded shape of the Spitfire's fuselage is built with the same "balsa-ply-balsa" sandwich construction technique as used on the famous De Havilland Mosquito, giving tremendous stiffness and strength, but a lot less weight than metal."
I rest my case.
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Have you considered termites, beetles, worms, fungus?
Maybe the RAF could save some coin by building a fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons made of less expensive stealthy materials, like balsa-wood.